Anyone know this M5 touring?

[Bodie390]

I would say so. I was watching the auction live.

[TheAngryDog]

squirdan said:

all i know is theres a fella on Twitter Mark Riccioni , car photographer, he has one and it doesnt make good reading (bills bills and more bills including one for £19,287 !)

cool cars they may be, not for me unless full warranty / low miles / 1 owner warapped in cotton wool etc

You need to live a little.

[AW10]

TheAngryDog said:

You need to live a little.

Pretty much agreed. A few people have had their S85 engines let go. The vast majority haven't. It's a fab engine - in all likelihood never to be repeated. I wonder how the running costs of the cars compare over perhaps 100K miles to other cars with engines with an output of greater than 100bhp per litre.

As the old saying goes: "speed costs money. how fast do you want to go?"

[AbidKhan24]

I have just bought this, picked it up today.

Must say from the outset it’s in fantastic condition and having just been given a blast by my BMW Indy he says it’s as tight as the day it left the factory.

Few niggly things to sort which are being done this week and will be ready by the weekend hopefully.

[AW10]

Congratulations and welcome to the asylum!

[nwates]

Congrats and enjoy

[TheAngryDog]

AbidKhan24 said:

I have just bought this, picked it up today.

Must say from the outset it’s in fantastic condition and having just been given a blast by my BMW Indy he says it’s as tight as the day it left the factory.

Few niggly things to sort which are being done this week and will be ready by the weekend hopefully.

Congrats! Nice lurking, 2.5 years with no posts

Enjoy the car! A few niggles are par for the course I think on these. I've just had to replace several suspension bushes at the front of the car due to them splitting. I don't think I will ever experience a month without something needing to be done on it

AW10 said:

TheAngryDog said:

You need to live a little.

Pretty much agreed. A few people have had their S85 engines let go. The vast majority haven't. It's a fab engine - in all likelihood never to be repeated. I wonder how the running costs of the cars compare over perhaps 100K miles to other cars with engines with an output of greater than 100bhp per litre.

As the old saying goes: "speed costs money. how fast do you want to go?"

It is luck of the draw. Keep them regularly serviced (every 6k max for oil changes) and do other preventative maintenance and they shouldn't be too bad. It's a V10 at the end of the day, not some 1.0 4 cylinder shopping trolley

[AbidKhan24]

Thanks Guys.

First problem is sorted, srs module faulty throwing up some errors, next on the list is a thorough service for peace of mind and then a detail to get it ready for the summer.

[AbidKhan24]

Thanks Guys.

First problem is sorted, srs module faulty throwing up some errors, next on the list is a thorough service for peace of mind and then a detail to get it ready for the summer.